Perch-support.



0. MATTHEWS. PEBCH SUPPORT.

APPLICATION FILED FEB.1, 1908.

898,586, Patented Sept. 15, 1908.

COLUMBUS MATTHEWS, or MATTOON, ILLINOIS.

PEBGH-SUPPORT.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Sept. 15, 1908.

Application filed. February 1, 1908. Serial No. 413,789.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, COLUMBUS MATrnEws,

a citizen of the United States, residing at.

M attoon, in the county of Coles and State'of Illinois, have inventedcertain new and useful Improvements in Perch-Supports, of which thefollowing is a specification.

This invention relates to perch-supports, and has for'its'object toprovide a support having means for preventing lice and other vermin fromgetting to the fowls on the perch; and to this end the inventioncomprises a support of novel construction which constitutes a trap forthe vermin.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure l is a side elevation of theinvention partly in section. Fig. 2 is a front elevation of the supportwith the perch removed therefrom.

Referring specifically to the drawings, 5 denotes aperch having at eachend a hanger 6. The perch-support comprises a plate 7 having holes forscrews or other fastening means 8 whereby it is secured to the wall 9 ofthe poultry-house. On the face of the plate is an outwardly projectingarm or Web 10 which carries at its extremity a socketed be employed tosupport a bracket or other device for supporting a nest on a wall.

reached by the vermin which are thus When the cup 12 is filled With coaloil or some other liquid, the pin 13 is entirely surrounded thereby andtherefore cannot be revented from getting on the perch. A s ort distanceabove the cup the pin 13 has a shoulder 15 which supports a disk 16having a diameter slightly greater than that of the cup, and whichserves as a cover orguard therefor to exclude dirt, straw, etc., whichmight otherwise fall thereinto. At the lower edge of the hanger 6.is ashoulder 17 which abuts against the pin and thus serves to preventdisplacement of the hanger.

The support is simple in construction and can be cheaply produced, andit effectually serves the purpose for which it is intended. The perchand the disk can be readily reinoved from the pin 13 and the latter canalso be removed from the socket. 11 so that all parts are accessible forcleaning.

I claim:

The combination with a perch having at its ends a hanger, of a supportcomprising a late carrying a socketed stem which is enarged at its upperend to form a cup, and a pin fitting in the socket of said stem, and

having a slot above the cup to receive the hanger.

In testimony whereof I ailix my signature, in presence of two witnesses.

COLUMBUS MATTHEWS. Witnesses:

A. M. BRANT, J. M. KELLEY.

